Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Eusuchia |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: Crocodylinae
Genus: Crocodylus
Species: Crocodylus moreletii
Name
Crocodylus moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851
Etymology: Named after the French naturalist who made the discovery, Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet
Type locality: "Lac Flores (Yucatan)," Guatemala; restricted by Smith and Taylor (1950: 211), and Smith and Taylor (1950: 318) to "Guatemala, El Peten, Laguna de Peten
Holotype: Syntypes MNHN 7520
Synonyms
- Crocodilus Moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851
- Alligator lacordairei Preudhomme de Borre, 1869 (fide Günther, 1885)
- Crocodylus americanus var. moreletii — Günther 1885
- Crocodylus moreletii — F. Wayne King & Burke, 1989
- Crocodylus moreletii — Navarro Serment, 2004
References
- Duméril 1852. Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat. 6: 254
- Duméril, A.M.C. & A. H. A. DUMÉRIL 1851. "Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry/Roret, Paris," 224 pp.
- Crocodylus moreletii at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2009.
- IUCN: Crocodylus moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851 (Conservation Dependent)
- Crocodylus moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Vernacular names
English: Belize Crocodile, Morelet's Crocodile, Central American Crocodile
español: Cocodrilo De Morelet
suomi: Kyhmykrokotiili
français: Crocodile De Morelet
polski: Krokodyl meksykański
português: Crocodilo-de-Morelet, Crocodilo-mexicano